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Today is May Day and CD2.

May Day has many meanings but I learned recently that the earliest celebratons of May Day occured in ancient times, when the  Romans celebrated a festival of  the Goddess Flora, the goddess of flowers and fertility. So I figured that paying homage to her on my blog would be appropriate.

I am officially naming this cycle “The Flora Cycle” in honor of the goddess. I’m hoping to channel her mojo.

The stims start tonight.

So we went to the clinic this morning. We arrived around 6:45 AM. Nadia was kind enough to get up with me this morning around 5AM and drive me cross town. Those of you who know New York City know that that cross town commute can be brutal at any time of the day. So I was extremely grateful that I had her in tow.

The whole inauguration took about 45 fully packed minutes. In less than an hour, I had my blood drawn, my vajajay wanded and made a down payment on a house  paid for my IVF cycle. Seeing them swipe that credit card was the most painful part of the whole experience, but it was over in a flash. This swank clinic puts my old clinic to shame. Talk about professional and efficient!

Anyhoo, my ultrasound revealed 11 follicles, with one lead at 6.2mm.  The nurse told me that that was a perfectly normal reading so we shall see how I respond. Tonight I start 450 gon.al F and 150 meno.pur.  Thankfully, I don’t have to split the dosage between morning and nightime shots. I prefer to get it over with in one fell swoop. I still have my estrogen patch on and was told to keep it on until that sucker falls off.

The silver lining is that I don’t have to go back tomorrow. In fact, I don’t have to go back until Tuesday morning.

I’m looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.